Okay, I'll respond and then we can let this thread descend slowly to the bottom of the clinic pond.
Participant:
"You have an almost deliberate Beatles approach with this tune... when the kick comes in, it sounds tight as all get out..."
For what it's worth, it wasn't consciously modeled on Beatles stuff, although I'm very pleased at the comparison.
"Good song... still building... would be REALLY interesting as a lead in to a full arrangement... you know, crisp drums, cymbals, bass guitar, doubled vox, etc..."
Well, I tried tripled vox on this one - three times in fact - that's better than doubled vox, right?
As for drums - yeah, I'm experimenting with drum collaborations, but not having a lot of luck. I'm starting to think that you need to be in the same room as the drummer to get it done with drums - drums are so important and there's so much going on with drums.
"That almost absent synth bass is a very interesting choice... "
It's a real bass. I like lots of treble on real bass for a lot of stuff.
"is it possible for you to check other people's stuff, and make comments? I'm sure you've done it before... just haven't seen it."
What I tend to do is this: if someone comments on one of my songs here and if I see they've posted something in the clinic, I'll listen to it and usually post a review.
mr lewis - I've posted about six tunes here recently, and the responses have been really useful, especially from sjoko. He noticed a basic panning issue. Other people have picked up on sibilance and out-of-tuneness. I think I've learned enough here to mix the rest of the album without posting the tunes here. Well, time will tell...
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